Lot Essay
A pair of black and white jade fighting felines in the collection of the Reitburg Museum is illustrated in, Chinesische Jaden, Catalogue, p. 130, no. 97. The present lot is unusually flat and less rounded.
Details
A BLACK AND WHITE JADE GROUP OF TWO FELINES
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The pair of felines carved from a thin stone, playing with each other, the facial details lightly carved and scrolls incised to their haunches, the stone ranging in tones from white to light and dark grey, with russet inclusions and a smooth polish
3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) long, box
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The pair of felines carved from a thin stone, playing with each other, the facial details lightly carved and scrolls incised to their haunches, the stone ranging in tones from white to light and dark grey, with russet inclusions and a smooth polish
3 5/8in. (9.2cm.) long, box
Exhibited
The Dayton Art Institute, 1989, no. 231